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Insidious Von

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Bitter reality bites, it's time for Rafa to retire. He needs hip replacement surgery which would end his career, his days of being Rafa Nadaaaaaaal are over.

 

Insidious Von

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What was Rafa up to? If you're going to play a practice match, you don't do it against a potential AO Champion. Ben Shelton is the best American prospect since Pete Sampras.

 

Darts

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Bitter reality bites, it's time for Rafa to retire. He needs hip replacement surgery which would end his career, his days of being Rafa Nadaaaaaaal are over.
Sadly, all the wear and tear over the years have taken their toll. He and Federer were the best of their and maybe any tennis generation.

Novak Djokovic also not getting any younger. Not sure if the same, Andy Murray also had hip surgery.
 

bemeup

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Looking at the opening round draw at the Australian Open, 5 Canadians in action. Felix plays Dominic Thiem, off recent form, Felix will lose. Milos plays the best Aussie player, De Minaur, he will likely lose. Shapovalov plays some guy I’ve never heard of, judging by Shapo’s recent form, he could play the local dog catcher and lose. Rebecca Marino came through qualifying, her reward is to play Pegula, one of the top players in the world, she will lose. Finally, Leylah plays against a qualifier that I’ve never heard of, she will win. Some I’m predicting 1 win, maybe Felix or Shapo will surprise me.
 

shack

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That sounds about right.

Milos will need over 30 aces to have a chance. Felix's match is doable but I'd peg it at 2:1 Thiem. Both guys have had significant ups and downs. It depends which version of each will show up.

Shapo? I have no idea but automatically writing him off out hand sounds like a little too "Canadian". LOL

I think we have a decent chance to win 3, but no reason we can't have 2. It would be nice to see Milos be #4.
 

Insidious Von

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Figaro you're becoming a real sciattapalle (Ball Buster). I did a Google search of "Iga's obnoxious fans" and got nothing.

This is getting unhealthy, some folks will start believing that you hate Polish people. Sure they can be loud and boisterous they deserve to be. Every time Europe was in danger they stepped up, then they were betrayed by the countries they saved.

So repeat after me, I heart Polish people, I heart Polish people, I heart Polish people....

 

Tony Figaro

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^ Dig a bit deeper on reddit, twitter and youtube comments section and you'll find all the stupid Iga-tards everywhere. (n)
 

shack

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Looking at the opening round draw at the Australian Open, 5 Canadians in action. Felix plays Dominic Thiem, off recent form, Felix will lose. Milos plays the best Aussie player, De Minaur, he will likely lose. Shapovalov plays some guy I’ve never heard of, judging by Shapo’s recent form, he could play the local dog catcher and lose. Rebecca Marino came through qualifying, her reward is to play Pegula, one of the top players in the world, she will lose. Finally, Leylah plays against a qualifier that I’ve never heard of, she will win. Some I’m predicting 1 win, maybe Felix or Shapo will surprise me.
Looks like we're 2 for 4 so far.

Felix did make it through in a 5 hour, 5 set marathon. He's been guilty in the past of not being able to seal the deal, but today he did against a tough and determined opponent.

Not expecting much from Marino.

And Milos did not get beaten. He had to retire. I saw him finish off the first set but didn't see how far it got.
 
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jalimon

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2 things.

Leyla won.

If you do not like Leyla Fernandez or Iga Swatek sorry but you have no soul. You are vaporware. You are a t-shirt.
 
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